River.Space.Design —— Planning Strategies, Methods and Projects for Urban Rivers

----- 河流，空间，设计

ISBN: 9783034606875 出版年：2012 页码：304 Prominski, Martin Stokman, Antje Stimberg, Daniel Voermanek, Hinnerk Zeller, Susanne Birkhäuser

Urban riverbanks are attractive locations and highly prized recreational environments. The designs of urban river landscapes must fulfill a broad range of requirements: flood control, open space design, and ecology are as a rule the three dominant themes, and they must often be reconciled within a very restricted space. The river must be understood as a process: governed by changing water levels, shifting seasons, erosion, and sedimentation, the river environment is not a static entity but constantly changing—the design must be flexible and take this into account. This book is the product of a multi-year study that subjected more than fifty Western European projects to a comparative analysis. The result is a systematic catalog of effective strategies and innovative design elements. First, designers and planners are given an overview of the broad and varied spectrum of design possibilities.